Car-axle



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REINl-IOLD BETTERMANN, OF J OHNSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

CAR-AXLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters resent No. 531,405, dated December25, see. Application filed March 22, 1894- Serial No. 504,627. (Nomodel.)

To 'aZZ whom it may concern: onto the screw-threadedends of the bolts.Beitknown thatI,REINHOLD BETTERMANN, At each side of the concave surfaceof the a citizen of the United States, residing at clampin whichthe axleisreceived are formed 50 J ohnstown,inthecountyof Oambria and Stateangular recesses f, f, which receive the side 5 of Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain new portions of a saddle-block H, the same having anduseful Improvements in Supporters for a concavity h and being providedwith a pin Oar-Axles, of which the following is a specih inserted into abore made therein and profication. jectingintosaid concavity. Saidsaddle-block 55 My invention relates to means for supportis thick enoughto extend above the clamp,

10 ing the axles of cars and trucks, and its object the same beingplaced over the axle so that is to firmly secure the axles to the car ortruckits pin h will enter the socket b ofthe latter, body in such mannerthat they are prevented and so that its upper part can be seated in afrom revolving with the wheels, or from mov- Suitable recess a cut intothe body A. Having 6o ing endwise,so that the axles are alwaysmainseated the block H in the recess of the body :5 tained in parallelposition. and the pin h in the socket of the axle, the

The invention consists of a clamp having clamp is placed over the axleand the block a semi-cylindrical portion and end-wings and fastened tothe body by means of the through which the bolts for attaching the samebolts and nuts. The axle will in this manner 6 are. passed, theaxlebeing received i'n'said besecurelyheld'fromrotationwiththewheels,

2o semi-cylindrical portion and being crowned it being of courseunderstood that duplicate by a saddle-piece received in suitablerecesses parts are applied to each end of the axle. A of the clamp, andprovided with a projectingcollar-like projection or bossM is formed atpin for entering. a suitable socket in the axle; one side of each of theclamps, one half of 7c and my invention also consists of certain dewhichis in reality a part of the semi-circular 2 5 tails of construction andcombination of parts portion of the clamp, while the other half is a [tobe hereinafter described and then claimed. semicircular span whichconstitutes an abut- In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is ment thatprojects over the side of the body a cross-section of a portion of a caror truckand resists the e'ndwise movement of the axle. 75 body, showingan axle attached rigidly there- The described construction assists thebolts 0 to by my improvements. Fig. 2 is a section in holding both axlesin parallel position When on line 2-2, Fig.1, and Fig. 3 is a brokensecthe wheels strike any obstacle. tion on line 3-3, Fig. 2. Machine-cutsquare axles are expensive Similar letters of reference indicate correboth of time and labor, but with my improve- 80 sponding parts. mentsround stock may be used, so as to enable 5 Referring to the drawings,letter A india considerable saving.

- cates the bodyof a car, truck or the like to Having thus described myinvention, I

which an axle B is firmly attached, said axle, claim as new and desireto secure by Letters having at each'end the usual transverse boresPatent- 8 "to receive the linch-pins b, 1), whereby the 1. Theherein-described supporter for car- 40 wheels are retained on the axle.Clamps hav axles, consisting of a clamping-member having asemi-cylindrical central portion D and ing a semi-cylindrical portionand end-wings, end-wings D constitute the main support for adapted tobeattached to the car-body, and a the axle, the latter being seated insaid semi,- saddle-block provided with a projecting-pin o cylindricalportion, and the clamps being adapted to seat in a socket of the axle,sub- 45 rigidly fastened to the body A by means of stantially as setforth;

suitable bolts 0 that 'passjthrough the body 2. The herein-describedsupporter for carand' the wings, and nuts e that are turned axles,consisting of a clamping-member having a collar-portion through whichthe axle from the saddle-blocks and entering the sockto can pass, andadapted to abutagainst the side ets in the axle, substantially as setforth. of the car-body, and a saddle-block provided In testimony thatIclaim the foregoing as with a projecting-pin adapted to seat in a myinvention, Ihave signed my name in pres- 5 socket of the axle,substantially as set forth. ence of two subscribing witnesses.

3. The combination, with an axle provided REINHOLD BETTERMANN. with sidesockets, of supporters consisting of Witnesses: clamping-members,saddle-blocks seated in DANIEL L. PARSONS,

said clamping-members, and pins projecting DANIEL LYSETT.

